Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosistends to be a more steady progression of the
apparent neurological damage to the CNS with or without the relapses or minor
remissions and more periods of time where the symptoms seem to level off that
are seen in the Relapse-Remitting type of ms. It appears that those that
develop Secondary Progressive MS have already been previously diagnosed with
Relapse-Remitting MS and have struggled with ms for 2 to 40 years before they
develop Secondary Progressive ms.The
relapses and remissions that appeared during the time after the initial
diagnosis tend to gradually disappear after the Relapse-Remitting MS type
turns into the secondary progressive ms type.

Once the Secondary
Progressive form of the disease appears, the person becomes more disabled more
quickly than they had during the Relapse-Remitting ms, although the appearance
of the more severe disability can be much slower in some individuals. In spite
of the fact that the majority of people that have been diagnosed with Relapsing
and Remitting Multiple Sclerosis will most likely develop Secondary Progressive
ms, it appears that only 25% of people with MS will get to the point where they
need to use a wheelchair.

Secondary Progressive
Multiple Sclerosis tends to be associated with less scarring and lesions
appearing that in Relapse Remitting MS, but overall the resulting nerve damage
appears to be worse in the Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis than in the
Relapse Remitting, as the disease continues to progress.At any one point in time, the Secondary
Progressive form of MS accounts for 30% of all people that have been diagnosed
with Multiple Sclerosis.

SecondaryProgressiveMSappears to be related to the more advanced symptoms that
result after a person has first been diagnosed with Relapsing and Remitting
Multiple Sclerosis. For Secondary Progressive MS to occur, the patient is first
diagnosed with Relapsing and Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. It appears by the way
that the medical community describes Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
that it is the advanced stages of Relapse Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, after
the relapses and remissions start to lessen and become less often.

Secondary Progressive
MS appears to be related to the more advanced symptoms that result after a
person has first been diagnosed with Relapsing and Remitting Multiple
Sclerosis.

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